**How many times have we heard that a black hole could swallow us up?**
But what if, instead of a hole, it turns out to be a giant black pipe?
In this somewhat unsettling series of drawings, Vladimir Sekulić captures moments where everyday life intersects with the absurd. After all, who could have imagined wedding tents being erected in front of the National Assembly? Or a “FOR RENT” billboard appearing on the building of the Government of Serbia? Or that the Museum of Contemporary Art—already considered by many as something “nobody understands”—might one day become a public parking lot?
At a time when our reality is increasingly contaminated by elements of banal fantasy, when things that were once deemed impossible suddenly become possible before our very eyes, Vladimir Sekulić emerges as an archivist of social abnormality. His engagement is neither explicit nor transparent; rather, it takes the form of social criticism conveyed indirectly. The anomalies he depicts are not openly named or condemned in a pamphleteering manner. Instead, through their strangeness, they make us more aware of them while looking at his drawings than when we encounter them in reality.
*Nebojša Milenković*
**Vladimir Sekulić (1981)**
Vladimir Sekulić works primarily in the medium of drawing, operating thematically between documentary and fiction, with a focus on the contemporary moment within a socio-political context. His works address public space as a site reflecting political power—a power that creates, constructs, and deconstructs its identity.
He was awarded the First Prize for Drawing by the Vladimir Veličković Foundation in 2015.
His solo exhibitions *Field Report*, *Four-Star Hotel*, *The Boy in the Red Vest*, and *Pink Panthers* have been presented at the Art Gallery of the Belgrade Cultural Centre, the Gallery of the Belgrade Youth Center, the Contemporary Gallery Zrenjanin, the SKC Gallery Kragujevac, and Gallery Haos.
He has participated in group exhibitions including *Articulations 3* at the Contemporary Gallery Subotica, the *Fine Arts Autumn Biennial* in Sombor, thematic exhibitions at the Probate Gallery in Belgrade, the ULUS Triennial of Drawing and Small Sculpture, the Urban Art Media Festival in Munich, and the Mediterranean Countries Biennial in Alexandria.
He also took part in the 43rd Watercolourists’ Session of the Ečka Art Colony and in *Laboratory in Nature*, organized by the Tačka Group as part of the *Ars Kozara 07* project.
Sekulić holds a Master’s degree in Mural Painting from the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade. He is a member of the Association of Fine Artists of Serbia (ULUS) and holds the status of an independent artist.
He lives and works in Belgrade.
